Joseph myers



(No Model) J. MYERS. '.I'RMPORRRYl BINDER 0R HOLDER PoR PAPERS. No.579,073.

Patented Mar. 16

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JOSEPH MYERS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BAKER, JONES daCOMPANY AND ANNA L. MYERS, OE SAME PLACE.

TEMPORARY BHNDER OR HOLDER FOR PAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,073, dated March16, 1897. Application filed November Z4, 1896. Serial No. 613,287. (Nomodel.)

`To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MYERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Bindersor Holders for Papers, of which the following is specification.

My invention has for its object to improve 1o that class of temporarybinders or holders for loose sheets of paper in which the sheets ofpaper are placed upon spindles or pins which are secured to and combinedwith cover boards or leaves.

It consists of a clamping device of novel construction adapted to engagewith the said spindles or pins and to operate to hold the papers whichare placed thereon in place, and which clamping device is adapted to besezo cured to the removable or adjustable cover of the binder; and theinvention further consists of the combination of a temporary binderhaving hollow pins or spindles with a transfer-binder having pins uponwhich papers may be placed, constructed and arranged so they may beinserted into the hollow spindles of the temporary binder.

My invention will be more fully pointed out and described in detailhereinafter.

3o In the drawings, Figure I is a perspective View of a temporary binderor paper-holder embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken ou theline 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. et is a perspective view of thetransfer-binder- The temporary binder has two covers A A, eachof whichis preferably connected by a flexible hinge Z) with a plate B. The plateI3 4o is preferably formed of metal, as it is desir able that it shouldbe quite strong and rigid. The pins O, upon which the papers are placed,are secured at their lower ends in the plate B of the lower cover. Thesepins or spindles may be solid, but I prefer that they should be hollowin order to facilitate the removal of the papers which may be placedupon them to a transfer-binder, to be hereinafter described. Muchdifficulty has been experi- 5o enced in properly securing hollow pins tothe plates by which they are carried.

If they are threaded and screwed into the plates, the pins are liable tobreak off because of being weakened in cutting the screw-thread, and ifthey are passed through holes in thc plates and their lower ends areupset or spread they are liable to slip down through the h oles in theplates and become loose. I have therefore invented a novel means forsecuring the hollow pins to their supporting and carrying 6o plateswhich I have found to be very efficient.

I proceed as follows: I forni in the plate B holes of a size to justreceive the pins O, which are inserted into these holes with their lowerends projecting about an eighth of an inch beyond the face of the plate.I then drive into the lower open end of each hollow pin a plug D, whichmay be formed of a short piece of wire of a diameter a little greaterthan the diameter ofthe opening in the pin and 7o tapering toward itsend, and rivet this plug and the projecting end of the pin against thelower face of the plate. The plug spreads the end of the pin, crowdingit against the walls of the opening in the plate, strengthens the lowerend of thepin, and makes a permanent and efficient connection with theplate.

The plate of the-upper cover of the binder carries a clamp, which isadapted to engage 8o with the pins O and thereby hold the plate and thecover connected therewith in different positions relative to the othercover and plate as the number of papers upon the pins may rendernecessary. This clamp consists of two highly-resilient metal rods E E,which are held side by side just above the upper plate B at a distanceapart slightlyless than the diameterof the pins or spindles O. Theseclamping or locking rods are supported in 9o blocks F F, secured one ateach end of the plate B and provided with holes f, into which the endsof the rod E enter. At least one, and preferably both, of the rods Eshould have sufficient freedom of movement within the holes f to permitof the movements required by reason of the rods being spread orseparated and coming together again.

G is a key which is provided with an eccentric portion g, that isadapted to be placed be- Ico tween the rods, and when turned so that itsgreater diameter is crosswise of the rods to separate or spread themsufficiently to allow the pins C to freely pass between the rods withoutbeing engaged thereby. In operation the pins C pass through holes b' inthe upper plate B and between the rods E. When the latter are separatedby the key, the upper cover and plate may be freely slid up and downupon the pins, but when the key is so turned that the rods spring backinto their lnormal position they clamp the pins with great power andhold the cover and plate in the position to which they may have been adjusted. The key maybe removable or permanently secured between the rods,as preferred. Then the latter arrangement is desired, the key isprovided with a flange g', which holds it in place.

By making the pins C hollow I can easily transfer the sheets which maybe thereon to a transfer-binder like that shown in Fig. i., which iswell adapted to bc used as a permanent binder for holding papers whichare to be filed away.

This binder has two covers A A, which are flexibly connected to twoplates B B. The lower plate is provided with two pins C CQ which areadapted to pass through holes in the upper plate and are screw-threadedat their upper ends to receive the nuts H. The pins C are solid and of asize which will permit them to pass into the hollow pins or spindles Cof the temporary binder. lhen a transfer of papers from the binder shownin Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 4E is to be' lnade, the adjustable coverof each binder is removed, and the pins Cof the transfer-binder areinserted into the pins C of the temporary binder, when the papers may beeasily slipped from the latter to the former. The transfer having beenmade the upper cover A is put in place and the nuts. l-I set to hold itsecurely, so as to clamp and hold the papers.

The plates C' C', being rigid, make it possible to bind the paperssufficiently tight to hold them properly in place, notwithstanding theholes in the papers through which the pins C pass are considerablylarger in diameter than the pins.

It is sometimes unnecessary to have a top cover A for the temporaryAbinder, though a clamp for holding the papers in place upon the pins isdesirable. ln such cases the plate B and the clamp may be used withoutthe cover, or the clamp, comprising the resilient rods and their holdingcaps or blocks, might be used alone. In the last-referrednto arrangementthe rods could both be rigidly secured within the holes in theholding-blocks.

The binder which Ihaveinvented is simple in construction and at the sametime very strong and efiicient in operation.

Vhat I claim is- 1. In a binder for papers, the combination of the pinsor spindles upon which the papers are placed, and an adjustable clampcompris* ing a pair of resilient rods arranged side by side at adistance apart less than the diameter of the pins, blocks or caps inwhich the ends of the rods are held, and means for separating orspreading the rods, between the said blocks, substantially as set forth.

2. In a binder for papers, the combination of the pins or spindles, uponwhich the papers are placed, and an adjustable clamp, comprisin g aplate which is adapted to pass over the pins, a pair of resilient rodsarranged side by side at a distance apart less than the diameter of thepins, blocks or caps in which the rods are held carried by the plate,and means for spreading the said rods apart to permit the clamp to beadjusted, substantially as set forth.

3. In a binder for papers, the combination of the pins or spindles uponwhich the papers are placed, and an adjustable clamp, comprising a platewhich is adapted to pass over the pins, a pair of resilient rods E,arranged side by side at a distance apart less than the diameter of thepins, the blocks F in which the rods E are mounted secured to the plate,and a key for spreading or separating the rods, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination of a temporary binder for papers having hollow pinsor spindles upon which the papers are placed, permanently secured to asupporting plate or board with a transfer-binder having pins or spindlesto receive the papers, of a size to permit them to enter the said hollowpins or rods of the temporary binder, and means for securing the papersafter they have been transferred upon the pins or spindles,substantially as set forth.

JOSEPH MYERS. [L s] N itn esses:

CHAnLEs F. KILHOFFER, JOSEPH BAER.

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